2nd Free Night Redemption: Crowne Hotel - Changi Airport

This time round, we decided to stay at the Crowne Hotel situated at T3 Changi Airport. We decided to bring along our son with us. He was very happy that we bring him along although it took away quite a bit of our time just by 'managing' his monkey acts ( jumping, touching, running and what have you..)









We were lucky that the hotel allowed us to check in at 12pm since there is a room ready for us. The hotel decor is very eco-friendly and we were glad that we choose to stay here. The room was spacious and there is a see-though toilet right beside. After unpacking, we rest a bit, watch a bit of documentary from the starhub channels and took a bit of bread we bought the night before to satisfy our hunger. We left for lunch at 2pm. We went to the food court at T3. SGMale ordered some tim-sum and SGFemale order a bowl of Mango ice dessert. We got a char-siu bao for our son as usual..;P

After lunch, we wandered around aimlessly and we ended up at the Crocs sale which was held right opp the TCC cafe. It was much of a sale as there isnt much varieties to choose from. We did not get anything. We returned to our room and 3 of us took a nap till 6.30pm. We then washed up and took MRT to Tampines 1 Mall. We had dinner at Manpuku [ Japanese Restaurant ]. It shares the same kind of concept as that of Marche where you are given a credit card to record all your purchases and you are supposed to surrender the card and pay up when you leave the place.







After dinner, we shopped a bit before making our way back to the hotel room. We washed up and our son slept at 10pm. SGMale and SGFemale manage to catch up 2 episodes of their HK dram series before they succumbed to the sleeping bugs.. We had breadfast inside our room and after washing up, we checked out at 11am. We left for home after depositing our son at my mum's place so that we can do wash-ups and household chores.

In retrospection, we have decided NOT to bring our son along for the next 2 stays so as to maximise our wonderful experiences at the hotel..kekeke!

-SGMale

Lottery Scam Email

Hahaha.........
SGFemale thought that she would be rich soon........

When she received an email from Microsoft Cooperation Management Worldwide, they claimed that SGFemale is one of the 25 winners of their "Mega Jackpot Lotto Winning Programs", and that she had won USD$1,900,000. WOW!!!!! Then SGFemale started to day-dream for a while........... After 10 mins, she smsed SGMale and told him about it. SGMale said that it must be a scam email lah...... SGFemale agreed with SGMale, cos she know that she wouldn't be so lucky!
SGFemale checked the web and found out that it's true.

Heng ah!!!! SGFemale didn't reply the email with her details!

Below are info from the web:

Lottery Scam Email: MICROSOFT COOPERATION MANAGEMENT WORLDWIDE"MICROSOFT CORPORATION WORD LOTTERY UNITED KINGDOM", "Dr JOHN GERRI (Chief Claim Agent)"

Did you know that Microsoft has a lottery? And that they give away huge amounts of money to people simply for having "an active online email account"? This is news to Microsoft, too. If you received an email from "MICROSOFT CORPORATION WORD LOTTERY UNITED KINGDOM." at "MICROSOFT COOPERATION MANAGEMENT WORLDWIDE" telling you that "your email address won in the second category" or something similar, and to contact "Dr JOHN GERRI (Chief Claim Agent)" to collect your winnings, it is a scam. Microsoft has never had any lottery (and we're pretty sure they never will). Bill Gates has made that pretty clear. And, while we're on the subject, Microsoft is not, does not, and will not ever send you to DisneyWorld. They don't "test the internet", nor sponsor email lotteries to "promote use of the internet". Nor do they have lotteries to "promote MS Word" or "the launch of Vista", Hotmail, or other products.

The scammers may change the names and details, but it is still a scam!
Below is the example of the fake lottery scam claiming to be from the "MICROSOFT COOPERATION MANAGEMENT WORLDWIDE".

Although the most important clue is that no legitimate lottery will ever email a winner, there are many other signs that this is a fraud. We have highlighted some of these in the email below, not the least of which are:

Microsoft does not have or sponsor any lottery.

Email address ballot: There is no such thing as a "computer ballot system" or "computer email draw". No one, not even Microsoft has a database of email addresses of the type or magnitude they suggest.

"No tickets were sold": You care to explain where the money comes from? Perhaps the lottery money fairy? Why would a lottery give away money to "email address randomly selected by a computer ballot draw system"? This is CLEARLY nonsense: you MUST, repeat MUST buy a ticket to have a chance of winning any lottery!

Terrible spelling, punctuation, syntax and grammar - Scammers apparently don't know how to use spell checkers. We assume they dropped out of school before that class. They use almost excessive and random CapItaLiZAtion. They often can't even spell "February" or know that "22th" ought to be "22nd". These scammers usually write at the 3rd grade level. Being non-native English speakers, they also often get first names and surnames (last names reversed), so you will frequently see names like "Mr. SMITH JAMES.", instead of "Mr. James Smith", along with the peculiar usage of periods (full stops) and spaces or the lack thereof. Real lotteries also proofread their emails and look and read more professional.

Using free email account: The scammer is writing to you from a FREE email account (Yahoo, Hotmail, Excite, AIM, Gmail, etc.). Don't you think a real organization would use it's own email, it's own domain and website?

Keep Confidential - Real lotteries THRIVE on publicity - they don't want you to keep anything secret - the publicity causes people to buy more tickets. there is NO risk of "double claiming" because they can validate where the ticket numbers were sold. The scammer want you to keep quiet because they don't want the police or ConsumerFraudreporting to hear about them! It should read: "For our own security, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential until we have finished scamming you!"

Email notification: NO REAL LOTTERY SENDS AN EMAIL TO NOTIFY WINNERS. Period. Full-stop. End of story. There mere fact ALONE that you received an email saying you won a lottery is proof that it is a scam.

Here is a typical scam lottery winning notification.
Master list of sample lottery scam emails
How to recognize a lottery scam
What to do if you think you have been the victim of a lottery scam
How the lottery / sweepstakes scams work


- SGFemale

David Eddings is dead

SGMale was truly devastated when he come to know about it in the internet. This amazing authors of over 20 fantasy novels left the world on the 3rd of Jun 2009. All his novel fans will missed him dearly. They will never have the chance to read his work again! ;(

His wife died in the year 2007 after finishing a couple of the latest books which she co-authored.

SGMale is a huge fan and owns 95% of books written by him:

The Belgariad and The Malloreon

The Belgariad is Eddings' first fantasy series; The Malloreon is the sequel. The books follow the adventures of Belgarion, Polgara, Belgarath, and their companions.

The Belgariad series
Pawn of Prophecy (1982)
Queen of Sorcery (1982)
Magician's Gambit (1983)
Castle of Wizardry (1984)
Enchanters' End Game (1984)

The Malloreon series
Guardians of the West (1987)
King of the Murgos (1988)
Demon Lord of Karanda (1988)
Sorceress of Darshiva (1989)
The Seeress of Kell (1991)

Books related to The Belgariad and The Malloreon
Belgarath the Sorcerer (1995) (Prequel) with Leigh Eddings
Polgara the Sorceress (1997) (Prequel) with Leigh Eddings
The Rivan Codex (1998) with Leigh Eddings

The Elenium and The Tamuli
Main articles: The Elenium and The Tamuli
The Elenium and its sequel The Tamuli feature the Pandion Knight Sparhawk and his comrades.

The Elenium series
The Diamond Throne (1989)
The Ruby Knight (1990)
The Sapphire Rose (1991)

The Tamuli series
Domes of Fire (1992)
The Shining Ones (1993)
The Hidden City (1994)

The Dreamers series
Main article: The Dreamers (novel series)
The Dreamers series tells the story of a war between the Elder Gods and their allies and an entity known as the Vlagh.
The Elder Gods (2003) with Leigh Eddings
The Treasured One (2004) with Leigh Eddings
Crystal Gorge (2005) with Leigh Eddings
The Younger Gods (2006) with Leigh Eddings

Standalone fantasy novels
The Redemption of Althalus (2000) with Leigh Eddings, is a standalone novel about a thief who mends his ways.

Non-fantasy
High Hunt (1973) - a story revolving around a hunting expedition that spirals out of control.
The Losers (1992) - a story about a man struggling to rebuild his life after an accident.
Regina's Song (2000) with Leigh Eddings - a thriller about a woman after the murder of her twin sister.

Rest well David! Your legend will live on forever!

-SGMale

Gastric Flu

SGFemale has been vomiting, having diarrhea, body aches, headache, dizzy and nausea since last evening. Accompanied by SGMale and SGson, she visited the family doctor and was diagnose with gastric flu.

This is what SGFemale found out in the web:

Gastric flu is not really flu, but is actually an infection in the intestines that can be caused by different viruses and it is contagious. After contracting the virus, symptoms and signs of gastric flu can appear within hours or within three to six days. The symptoms of gastric flu can vary from case to case, however there are some common symptoms.


Vomiting
Vomiting can be one of the primary symptoms of the gastric flu. Vomiting may be the only symptom, or it can be accompanied by other symptoms.

Diarrhea
Just like vomiting, diarrhea is another one of the primary symptoms of gastric flu. It can occur alone or with vomiting and other symptoms.

Nausea and Abdominal Pain
Nausea and stomach pain generally accompany most cases of gastric flu. They generally precede diarrhea and vomiting, or they can occur alone.

Flu-Like Symptoms
Gastric flu has many of the common symptoms of the regular flu. These include fever, body aches, chills, headache and fatigue. The gastric flu does not have any of the respiratory symptoms of the regular flu.

Duration
Gastric flu can last from one to five days. Some severe cases can last longer.

Treatment
There are no medications to cure gastric flu. It will have to run its course. People with the stomach flu can take medications to reduce fever and body aches. They should also drink small amounts of fluid often to prevent dehydration.

So, SGFemale have to rest at home during this weekend to "restore and charge her energy".

-SGFemale

Up to some mischief again!

SGson was up to some mischief again!!!!

Whenever SGFemale gave some apple to SGson, he would never fail to surprise her.

This was happened!

Pic 1: SGson bite the slices of apple given to him into bites and showed it to SGFemale.

Pic 2: SGson made some teeth-markings on every slices of apple.

When asked why he did it, he said: so that Papa won't eat my apple !!!!

Hahaha.....

What a cute and innocent reply!

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Pic 3 & 4: SGson hiding inside a "cave".

- SGFemale

Counting down to E.U.R.O.P.E

E - Excited
U - Upgrade
R - Romance
O - Overcome
P - Prevention
E - Extravagant

Yes, do not envy us...we are going to Europe...finally..after all these years of anticipation..;D

Excited - Of course we are excited. SGMale and SGFemale can't wait for 25 Sep to come...

Upgrade - Yes, this is an upgrade from our usual 8 days vacation to 12 days

Romance - SGMale and SGFemale are going to rekindle their romance for each other duing this trip

Overcome - Yup, we did encounter diffculties when it comes to getting someone to look after our son. Thank God, we have managed to overcome this problem... ;P

Prevention - Yes, we may be leaving our credit card behind and bring very little cash so as to prevent us from over-spending...heehee..

Extravagant - SGMale and SGFemale need to cut back on their expenses in preparation for this extravagant trip to very expensive places...

To sum up, this trip would probably be the last trip for 2 and we will try to make it a memorable one...

-SGMale

Thoughts on the run

As SGMale concludes his morning run near Chinese Garden MRT station, he noticed a few foreigners ( mostly couples) taking pictures of their friends in front of the MRT station.

First thought that came to mind was...what is so interesting about taking picture in front of a MRT station?? Then as I continue my run back home, it suddenly dawn upon me that..hey, SGMale and SGFemale have been taking pictures of many insignificant places and objects whenever they go for vacation oversea.

Haha..so it is an inevitable behaviour of all foreigners that they want to 'capture' a shot of building/things that are of interest to them, nevermind if they are being stared at by the locals. To them, those are the things that they may never get to see again in their life while the locals usually taking for granted since they have the luxury to 'appreciate' those things anytime.

SGMale and SGFemale will be going for vacation to Europe soon and God know how many pictures they are going to take this time...;P

-SGMale

An unexplainable sadness

SGFemale has been standing at her kitchen's window for 10 mins.

SGFemale heard some noise when she was in the study-room surfing net, she went to the kitchen to check. Oh... the wake which is located at the opposite block is having a "live band performance", as the cortege is leaving soon for Crematorium.

The band is playing the song "月亮代表我的心 (The moon represent my heart)" sang by the late singer Theresa Teng 邓丽君 who is also one of my favourite singer for oldies. The music played reminds SGFemale of Theresa Teng 邓丽君, SGFemale would always sing her songs when she went to Karaoke, 我只在乎你 (I only care about you), 月亮代表我的心 (The moon represent my heart), 千言萬語, 甜密密, 小城故事, 但願人長久, 再見我的愛人 (Goodbye, my love), 在水一方 and etc....

In order to listen to the music clearly, SGFemale shifted her notebook to the kitchen, and wrote this blog while listening to the on-going music. In her heart, she felt "sweet and sad", sweet as the music is "somehow romantic" when they played the song " the moon represent my heart", to SGFemale, this is a very romantic song and she likes it alot. SGFemale is also sad cos she felt sad for the decreased although she don't know him / her and there's just some unexplainable sadness in the music.

The music went on and on.....
Tears started to roll down from SGFemale's eyes.....

- SGFemale

What would life be without titbits???

What would life be without titbits?

SGFemale couldn't imagine that to happen, not in her life!!!


SGFemale is someone who loves titibits, and she can even have it for her 3 meals, breakfast, lunch and dinner and sometimes as supper. So in her kitchen, she packed her cabinet and fridge full of titbits.

Her friends even teased her of having a convenience store at home!!!!


On Monday 10 Aug 09, which was a public holiday, SGFemale, SGMale and SGson went to Sim Lim Square, and SGFemale sneaked away from the two to get some "stocks"cos she knew that there's a Korean shop at Burlington Square. She returned after 20 mins with a big bag of titbits.


Her favourite titbits are seaweed and cuttlefish, that's why!!!
















People who can't swim but loves food from the sea, seafood, seaweed and cuttlefish...;)

Isn't it funny???

Haha...


Will have a titbits party with SGMale and SGson tonite after dinner, hee...;D


- SGFemale

Thristy Hippo

Thirsty Hippo is an interesting and amazing product. SGFemale has always find this product very amazing! While packing her wardrobe this morning, SGFemale came across the 'box' and sachet of Thristy Hippo which she left inside the wardrode months ago.

Guess what? The chemical change inside the box was intriguing!!! The box which contains just powder got converted into brownish liquid. The sachet itself became a "gel-like" thing, like transparent "play-doh".

WOW!!!! It is amazing, isnt it??

Again, SGFemale got to repeat, this is an amazing product and hence this wonderful blog!

Haha!

- SGFemale

Our Cornell Electric Fan

Our Cornell Fan which has been with us for about 3 years or so is going on strike these two weeks.

It started off with some weird and noisy sound which apparently scared our son at night, sometimes it would be "normal", then next moment, it would be "actively noisy", waking up the poor boy from his sleep, making him cry...;(

Poor SGFemale had to rush over to stop the fan and increase the temperature for the aircon, then coax son to sleep.
Sigh...

Just this morning, it couldn't start. SGFemale checked and tried again and again to "rescue" the fan but in vain.

The fan is now "certified dead" and we will have to start looking for a new standing fan or a tower fan for our son.

Meantime, got to find some place to bury this fan, haha......



















Any good fan to recommend???

- SGFemale

Son's favourite song

Son's Favourite Song

Son: Thomas and his friends.......
SGFemale: What?
Son: Thomas and his friends.....
SGFemale: There's 2, there's 4, there's 6, there's 8, shunting trucks and hauling freight.....
Son: I know, I know, mummy
Son: It's Thomas and his friends......
Son: Thomas and his friends......
Son: Thomas and his friends......
SGFemale: Ok, ok, enough of your Thomas and his friends!!!!


Thomas the Tank Engine 2 4 6 8 PBS Theme Song

They're two, they're four, they're six, they're eight
Shunting trucks and hauling freight,
red and green and brown and blue,
they're the really useful crew,
All with different roles to play,
Round Tidmouth sheds or far away,
Down the hills and round the bends,
Thomas and friends

Thomas, he's the cheeky one,
James is vain but lots of fun,
Percy pulls the mail on time,
Gordon thunders down the line,
Emily really knows her stuff,
Henry toots and huffs and puffs,
Edward wants to help and share,
Toby, well let's say, he's square

They're two, they're four, they're six, they're eight,
Shunting trucks and hauling freight,
red and green and brown and blue,
they're the really useful crew,
All with different roles to play,
Round tidmouths or far away,
Down the hills and round the bends,
Thomas and friends

- SGFemale

New uniform for the kid

Our son's childcare centre moved in June and we just received notice last Thursday that they are changing their uniform as well.

While sending our son to the centre this morning, I bought 2 sets of uniform for him.



















I hand-washed both sets of uniform this morning, and now it's ready for him.

He shall wear his new and clean uniform to school tomorrow.

Btw, the 2 sets of uniform costs the unemployed mother (that's me) $48, there's goes my lunch budget for the week, got to live on bread.

Hahaha...... Just joking!

- SGFemale

French fries for you?

Son: Mummy, this is what I do in class.

SGFemale: Wow.... that's cute! Can mummy have a bite?

Son: Yes, mummy! The fries is very nice!

SGFemale: Hm.... How come so little fries?

Son: I ate some, this is for you!

SGFemale: (fainted)!!!!

- SGFemale

How to eat "good food" during bad economy??

How to eat good food during bad economy like now......

Everyday I have to "crack my head" to think, what to cook my own share of lunch!!!!
Sigh.......

While I was at the supermarket this morning, I saw this particular product which I haven't eaten for months is"on offer" again. I almost forgot about this product, haha..... Didn't want to waste the chance, I bought a packet immediately....;)





















It is imitation abalone slice, made from giant squid with abalone seasoning, good for porridge and soup.

Why not???

So I decided to cook "Abalone Porridge" for my lunch today.

Some dried scallops











Cooking in progess......















After 15mins......

My "abalone porridge" is ready, yeah...;)

















Although it wasn't the "real abalone", but to me, it is good enough as it is also as tasty as the real thing.

What an easily contented person!

Enjoying....;)

- SGFemale

Kid's talk

Son: Papa..

SGMale: yeah?

Son: I am hungry..

SGMale: What do you want to eat?

Son: Pau ( Bun with meat inside)

SGMale: But you just had Pau yesterday

Son: I want Pau....

SGMale: Papa buy other thing for you, ok?

Son: I want Pau...I want Pau...

SGMale: No..

Son: Whoa!!! I want Pau....

SGMale: Ok lah, ok lah...Pau Kia ( Son of Pau)....[Sigh..]

Son: hehehe...;P

Back to the arms of M1

As my contract with Singtel ends on Jul 09, so I decided to switch back to M1 which was my service provider for 8 years before I signed a 2 years contract with Singtel on 2007.

To me, M1 is still the BEST !!!!! Be it their services, rewards, promotions, they got the best coverage so far, that's my personal thinking. Back in Aug 200, I encountered reception problems with Singtel during my 1st month of contract, but I got no choice cos I didn't want to breach the contract and ended up paying few hundreds of dollars for penalty.

So..... I retained my old numbers and was given a $100 discount, I got a new Nokia E71, paying just $98.

My old Nokia 6300 and new Nokia E71 handphone

Cheers!!!!

A happy and satisfied consumer back to the arms of M1 finally!!!!

- SGFemale

Toilet in Singapore

If only all toilets in Singapore are of this standard.....






























These are taken at Paragon Orchard.

Although our new toilet isn't that good as above, but still consider ok, better than those at coffeeshop!




















- SGFemale

Chocolate Research Facility

While passing by Wheelock Place, we saw an advertisement on the glass entrance door.
We followed the address stated on it and found this very interesting shop at level 2.

It's a very nice, neat and unique boutique-cum-cafe with 2 outlets in Singapore, Millenia Walk and Wheelock Place.


Chocolate Research Facility

They claimed to be the world's first: Chocolate bars offering 100 different flavours.

Their range of chocolates include connoisseur, exotic and double fruit series that are set to tantalize taste buds. I saw a few interesting flavours like Sichuan pepper, Lychee Martini, Earl Grey Tea, Longan, HoneyDew and many more.....

Their product comes with attractive printed packaging which would draw attention of passer-by to focus on them, that's what it does to me.

Moreover, they promise that you'll be left - BREATHLESS.

Price range from $8 to $12 for a 8cm x 12 cm bar.

- SGFemale

Lucky Baby Toddler Bed

Finally!!!
We got a new bed for our son.

It's a Lucky Baby Toddler Bed.
Our son really loves his new bed!!!












































It's made from high density polyuretane foam with detachable outer cover for washing.
It is comfortable and safe with no hard or sharp pointed angles.
It came with a pillow and an extra set of bedsheet, with a reasonable price of $149.


Have a good sleep and sweet dreams to my dear!!!


- SGFemale

Weekend stay at Genting - Day 2

We woke up early the next morning after a good night sleep. We left for breakfast at the McDonalds after washing up. After a hearty meal, we started the day by taking some rides inside the indoor theme park. Our son was all-smiles when we hopped onto a monorail in the shape of a caterpillar.

We took a lot of shots as the monorail travels through the entire indoor theme park. It also passed through the outdoor theme park where we caught very nice view of the scenaries. We promise to bring our son here again when he gets older.

We had lunch at a Vietnamese restaurant that serves very good vietnamese food, and the price was reasonable too. We took the cable car ride after lunch and we were a bit disappointed as the fog outside was rather heavy and we could hardly see a thing. Our heart lifted as the fog started to clear away after about 10 minutes.

The cable car brings us to the lower part of the Genting where there is a small shopping area. We windows-shopped a bit and took the cable car back after visiting the indoor reptiles exhibit. It was really an eye-opener for all of us as most of the reptiles were very unique and rare.

SGMale and SGFemale signed up for Worldcard membership at one of the nearby casino and also took the opportunity to try out their luck there. ;P We spent some private time with our son after my mother-in-law and her friend left us for the casino.

We regrouped back at evening time to have a sumptuous dinner at one Shanghai-ese restaurant. Their fried rice was very nicely done and so were the rest of the food that we ordered. After the dinner, it was again our turn to play the jackpot and mother-in-law took care of our son for a couple of hours.

After which we left for our room to rest and guess what...we arranged with my MIL to wake us up when they come back in the mid of the night. It was freezing cold that night and we could hardly sleep because the strong wind outside was causing a very loud haunting sound whenever it blows against the windows panes.

We left for the casino at 3.30am and we played all the way till 7am. It was very very tiring but rewarding in the sense that it is not everyday that we get to play the jackpot. Although SGMale lost about 150RM, it was fun and luckily SGFemale manage to recoup her losses during the last round of the jackpot.

We dragged our tired body back to the hotel room and SGMale collapsed onto the bed till about 10am. We washed up after that and had some light lunch before we checked out from the hotel and walked towards the bus terminal to wait for our coach back to Singapore.

The most tiring part of this trip was not the lack of sleep but the fact that we have to take turns to take care of our son. Until the time he gets older, we will probably not bring him oversea again...;P

-SGMale

Weekend stay at Genting - Day 1

Yes! The day has finally come. Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Although it is just a trip to Genting, we were looking forward to it as though we are going to faraway places like Japan, Korea etc..

SGFemale's mum and her friend joined us since they are the one who sponsored the hotel stay and of course our son is going with us too.

We woke up pretty early in the morning and by 6.35am, we were ready to leave for the pick-up point which is at Boon Lay Shopping Centre. We were lucky to have meet a taxi driver who is about to start work for the day. Although the entire car reeks very strongly of fresh cigarette smell, we decided to take it since it is very hard to get a cab during peak hours.

We had a bit of breakfast at the coffeeshop nearby before boarding the coach with my mother-in-law and her friend. Although the facilities inside the coach did not live up to SGMale's expectation but it is still pretty comfortable and cosy.

The coach stopped twice during the entire trip, allowing us to take a quick trip to the loo and brunch. We also took a few naps along the way and we finally reached our destination at around 1.30pm. The weather there was indeed very cooling and nice. We didnt sweat a bit although we had to drag our luggage all the way to the hotel.

The hotel rooms has inner doors that interlink each other and before we realise it, our son was already busy running in and out of the rooms. After some quick unpacking, we left for lunch at the hotel buffet restaurant. The food there seemed nice probably because we were so so hungry..;)

We toured around the theme park vicinity after lunch as well as doing some windows shopping. We had dinner at Pizza Hut and we took turn to take care of our son while the rest tries their luck inside the casino. The casino has hundreds of jackpot machines and our favourite are those 1 cents machines. Imagine having 1000 credit to start with by donating $10RM.

We took our tired and sleepy son back to hotel to have a early night while SGFemale's mum and her friend continue on to donate their hard-earned monies to the casino.

We had natural aircon inside the room as the temperature at night dipped low while we slowly drifted into our dreamland...

-SGMale

Some updates

Updating.............

Dec 08 - We sold our flat.

Jan 09 - We found an ideal house for our future shelter.

18th Mar 09 - SGFemale got admitted into hospital for a minor surgery, was hospitalised for 4 days and on medical leave for 6 weeks thereafter.

25th Apr 09 - We moved into our new house!!! A nice and cosy house with a pretty good location.

4th May 09 - SGFemale returned to work.

29th May 09 - SGFemale passed her driving test and received her driving license during mid June.

1st Jun 09 - SGFemale got retrenched !!! SO SAD!!!

23rd Jun 09 - SGMale went to China for business trip, SGFemale was then left with son alone for 2 weeks. We both misses SGMale terribly!

5th Jul 09 - SGFemale went to Changi Airport to fetch SGMale, he was back finally, SGFemale was so relieved to see him.

18th to 19th Jul 09 - Both SGMale and SGFemale checked into Intercontinental Hotel (Singapore) for an 2 day 1 nite holiday!!! We even saw fireworks from our hotel room that evening, so romantic...;)

20th & 21st Jul 09 - Son was down with high fever and was on medical leave, SGFemale have to take care of him and his needs.

30th Jul 09 - Both SGMale and SGFemale got back into blogging again.

31st Jul 09 - Both SGMale, SGFemale and son are going to Genting for the 1st time, we are very excited about the trip...;)

- SGFemale

What's for lunch today?

What's for lunch today??

Hm... SGFemale is quite free cos she got retrenched and was "idling" at home since June.
That's explain why she can cook her own lunch everyday, hee...;)
So, what's for lunch today???

Porridge!
Cos it's easy to cook and easy to eat and digest!

Plain porridge?? Oh.....poor gal !!!



No! No! No!
Look carefully!
It's my fave prawn porridge!
















Haha... just enjoy it!
Yummy!!!
Don't envy me, SGMale!

- SGFemale

Posting again

SGMale and SgFemale is going to pick up blogging again after taking a few months' break...heehee..;) It is not going to be easy but we shall try.

To our faithful blog fans out there, watch out this space for further updates..

By the way, we will be having a short vacation at Genting starting tomorrow and we will be sure to fill this blog with lots and lots of pictures and stories...

Bye for now..

-SGMale

At the arcade again!!!!

Today, I attended a colleague's daughter 1st birthday at Aranda Country Club at Pasir Ris. As SGMale dropped me off at 3.50pm at Downtown East (E-hub), I decide to walk around there and wait for the other colleagues to arrive.

I smsed 2 colleagues, one said that she is on the way but she was at Tiong Bahru MRT station and will only reach here in 45 mins to 1 hour. The other replied that she's still at home at Jurong and will only arrive at the club at about 6.30pm.

Ok, so I took a lift to the highest floor of the building which is the 5th floor at E-hub. This floor consists of K-box and a Japanese restaurant - (Nihon Mura) which is famous for their "worth-the-money" 99 cents sushi especially with the bad economy now. Anyway, since I can't be going to K-box alone and can't be eating sushi at this time. I went down to another floor, this floor really caught my attention, my time and my hard-earned money. I spend the rest of the hours there till 6.45pm.

So what is this floor? Entertainment! Cinama and arcade. Guess where did I go? Cinema? To catch a show till 6.45pm? NO! I went into the arcade and watch people playing with the claw machine and big sweetland machine. I watched and watched for 30 mins and was very tempted to try out myself. I tried to control myself until I saw a potential chance of getting a mini Minnie plush toy.

I searched my coin purse and found 5 pcs of $1 coins, I tried and tried, finally finished up all my $5 coins and the toy was at the edge of the dropping point. I went quickly to change for another $5 coins and continued..... At the 6th coin, I managed to catch 2 plush toys ( Minnie and a white cat) but only Minnie dropped into the winning tunnel.
Hee....;p



With 4 more coins left, i walked around and stand at the big sweetland machine again, watching a couple play. After a while, they decided not to play and walked off. I looked at their score, and thought to myself, isn't it very pity that they stopped at this point. So I went to exchange for some coins and starts to play.

As I play, I felt that quite a numbers of people are standing behind me to watch me play. Why? It's because I am winning a "Jackpot" soon. However, the sweets falling onto the checker were not strong enough, and I ended up exchanging for more coins. One couple beside me were even more excited than me, the guy kept saying, how come it didn't spin even when the sweets hit onto the checker! I turned and looked at him and smiled at him.

Finally, after about 4 - 5 trys, I won the jackpot. Was then given a choice and to choose, a Mickey figuring for display, a Minnie's ribbon cushion or a Yellow Bunny. I choose the Mickey figuring but then regretted it after 2 mins, then asked for an exchange for the yellow bunny.



At this time, my colleague called me, informing me that she arrived with another colleague. They came to meet up with me at the arcade and we played other games together, including claw machine and big sweetland. We had a wonderful time at the arcade.


Although I really enjoyed the fun and the process of winning, but I think I really have to give this "costly hobby" up...
I must really try hard to stop myself from playing the claw machine and the big sweetland machine. We had a lot of candies and plush toys at home now since our 1st try on 24th Dec 2007. Will have to give it away for birthdays and Christmas then....;P

-SGFemale